Gregg Carlstrom spoke with Arraf's friend, Montreal-based Sandra Bagaria, who said she worried about the blogger despite her boldness that stemmed from her dual Syrian-American citizenship.

"I think, because she was American as well, she felt she could say a little more," Bagaria said. "But then every Friday she was writing on her back, on her arms, her name in English and Arabic, her passport details, just in case something would happen to her."

Bagaria also told Carlstrom she doesn't think Arraf was taken because she is openly gay or because of her American citizenship but rather because of what she was writing on her blog.

"I think she was taken because she's trying to tell the truth about what's happening in Syria... this had to happen eventually."